Row over BJP MLA’s remarks after son’s SUV rams into five people

An MLA from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Madhya Pradesh, whose son is accused of hitting and injuring five people with his SUV, has landed in a controversy following his alleged remarks against an IPS officer who took action in the case.

Legislator Pritam Lodhi’s son, Dinesh, is accused of ramming his SUV, a Mahindra Thar, into three young men riding a motorcycle and two women walking on the road under the Karera police station area of Shivpuri district on Thursday (April 16, 2026), leaving them injured.